Improvement in attaching sleig



PATENT OFFICE. v

WILLIAM E. BARTON, EAST HAMPTON, CONNECTICUT.

IMPROVEMENT IN ATTACHING SLEIG S TO STRAPS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 46,623. dated March 7, 1865.

To all whom, t may concern,.-

Be it known that I, WrLLrAM E. BARTON,

of East Hampton, town ot' Chatham, countyl ot Middlesex, State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Attaching SleighBells to Straps and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and correct description thereof', reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters ot' reference thereon.

My invention as a whole is designed to effeet the Stringing ot' sleigh-bells by attaching themto straps of leather, or other suitable material, by means ot' metallic fastenings, which may be readily taken apart to remove the bells for cleaning and polishing, or to replace broken bells or parts ot' the fastening,

also to hold the bell at a little distance from the strap, out of contact therewith, and separated therefrom by a metallic seat formed to receive the bell, so as to insure a more perfeet vibration of the bell than it would 'have if secured directly to the leather strap.

My said invention consists in casting a short metal boss upon the bell and making a screw-hole through the middle thereof, (the boss may be oval, square, or other than circular in formg) in a metallic seat having a recess the reverse of the form ot' the boss on the bell adapted to receive the same, and at the same time keep it from contact with the strap, the seat having ahole throughit for the coupling-screw to pass, and the back of the seat, or that part which is in contact wit-h the strap, having impinging points or projections to keep the seat in place by embeddingin the leather; in a countersunk hole in the strap, the countersink being adaptedl to the flaring washer and screw-head, so that the fastening may be screwed tight without puckering the strap; in a flaring Washer or binder placed in the countersink in the leather and on the opposite side from the metallic bell-seat, for the purpose of a metal bearing for the head of a coupling or clamping screw, which draws and holds all the parts together, and in the general arrangement and combination of the abovementioned parts, as a mode of attaching bells to straps. l

The drawings annexed show more particularly the cyns'ruction ot' the various parts.

Figure l is a plan view of the back ofthe strap a, bell b, iiaring washerc, countersink (I, and screwj'. Figs. 2 and 4 are opp( site cut sections ot' the hell and fastenings, showing the bell b, bell boss with screwhole g, metallic seat h.. The points or impinning surfaces are shown at z', Fig. 4, and Fig. 6, which is a detached view ot' one side ot the metallic seat. Fig. 5 is a view ot the other side ot' the metallic seat, showing' the recess atj. Fig. 3 is a top view of the bell, showing the bell boss a and screw-hole L. Figs. 7 and S are detached views of the ila-ring washer c, Fig. 8 being a cut section ot' Fig. 7.

The short bell-boss is less liable to break than the longer shank now in common use.

The metallic seat gives a broad and firm seat to the bell,'and at the same time throws it out boldly to view and insures perfect vibration. The use of a coupling-screw instead ofa rivet gives capacity to tighten up the bells should they become loose, as well as to remove them for cleaning or repltcing of broken parts. The Haring. washer and countersunk hole with a fiatheaded secrew gives solidity, as well as even surface, to the side ot` the strap which comes next the horse or harness.

I claim as my invention and improvement in means ot' attaching bells to straps-- 1. The metallic seat having-arecess conforming to the boss of the bell, a hole for the coupling-screw to pass, andimpingn g surfaces on the leather side to keep the seat in place, substantially as described.

2. In combination, the bell with short boss and screw-hole, the metallic seat, strap, and couplingscrew, substantially as described.

3. In combination, the coupling-screw, laring washer, strap, metallic seat, and bell, substantiall y as described.

- IV. E. BARTON. Witnesses:

F. C. TREADWELL, Jr., GEO. H. COLLINS. 

